Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-29
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land viii visit Govsxnos HIN ID Albany
&C his rsturn FROM his summer isani 10 |
TIE AdirOedasks. Ths relstioDs b.
tween thess t~O DsmSoratis Leaders |
have Iona bssa 9 soeros % solieitade 30 |
thsiE followers. and the coming visit |
vin d0abtless Be looked forward 10 siih |
hopefai sntieipsticna By the Gnxi0as
ones Teen, II ever. the distrast With
which the President and the Governor
evidently lOok upon cash other viii be |
disPsilsa and their elsshirR snbifiocs
ell Be hsrnoaizsd By bargain which
ell Be satisfactory to both. AZ The
triunviss diVids q the ancient world into
three paFts. % these duu1virs viIl d.
vide the immediate political future into
two parts. II each Of which one Of them
viii hope to Be king.
Wbefber 1t 10 according 10 hia or
desire or not. GJyernor Hill haa come
10 be looked upOn b. the country o. the
leader Of thai wing Of the Democratic
party which lie hostile 90 the President
and a. the most dangerous rival WATCH
the latter viii meet In carrying cut his
plans 10 secure Q Fensminatiou. Il IL
not remarkable thai these twe men
should regard themselves a. rivals.
Each considers himself man Of dss-
tiny. The same tidal wave which made
Cleveland Governor Of New York. snd
at the same time surprised him iatO
National prOminenee. made Hill Leu
tenant Governor. II Cleveland VS.
riding on the crest Of the wave, GER
tainiy Hill vas NOT far below tbs sur
fsee. When Cleveland became Preai-
dent. Hill succeedea aim a. Governor.
A year later be vas chosen Governor BY
the people. Certainly, munbIed the
Democrats aueufs and soOthsayers.
this man, too, is child Of destiny. He
follows in the footsteps Of Cleveland.
This feeling that Hill was q rising
politician, 81 well a. an able one. doabt-
less prompted the New York SEH and
World, and other snti-administration
journals to suggest his name for the
Presidency. There was much dissatis-
faction In the Democratic ranks, and
the suRgestiOn thus maas was eagerly
listened to BY the disRruntled Demo
Gratis Who had been vainly casting about
for q candidate to pit against Cleveland
In ths nominating convention. 50,
naturally enough, Governor Hill began
10 be regarded as the rival Of bis late
political partner, for whom be had
never protested an ovsrpowerinR de-
gree Of admiration.
Hill quickly found the secret Of the
disafsc.iOn with Cieveland's admins
tratien, and shaped bis course In order
TO avail himself Of 1t. He made 1t On
derstood that be vas the champion Of
partisan government and that il chosen
to the Presidency, be would make the
Democratic party the sole beneficiary
of his elevation. This attracted to him
AZ ence the large body Of Democrats
Vho deepise the methods OF President
Cleveland.
This Democratic dissatisfaction with
the administration, it should be UNDER
stood, is Eot due to aOy real or fancled
devotion on the part Of Mr.. Cleveland
to the principles of civil service reform.
The miserable pFetense that this is re.
form administration has been dropped,
even By the MuRwump supporters of the
President. While not q reform adu in
issFation. however, 1t is not such a par.
tisan administration as true Democrats
would wish. Il is purely q personal ad-
ministrstiou, and it 10 by far the most
personal administration in the history
OF our government. Cleveland cares
nothing for the Democratic party ex-
cept as IL is q means for his own az
srandizsment. He would forsaks IL TO-
morrow, II by so doing he could further
his own ends. He Is the very inearna-
ton Of selfshness. and tba. thing alone
Is of value in his eyes which may be
used to farther his stolid ard heavy sn-
billion.
II vas by chsmpioninR the cause Of
partisan government, as opposed TO this
brutality personal idea Of conducting an
administration, that Governor Hill won
the hearts Of the Democratic masses.
His popularity increased so rapidly that
it became q scarce Of serious alarm TO
Mr.. Cleveland and bis advisers, and the
early morning interview between g "
ernor Hi and Private Secretary La
moDt at tbs Hoffman House in New
York some weeks age, was the result. II
10 altogether probable that there vas
made ct that interview q bargain, the
details sf which will be arranged al the
coming meeting bet cen the pFincipals
Both Cleveland and Hill ON hope to |
accomplish more BY combining their
forces tAan by antaRoniz No each other.
IL Hill should push his candidacy for
the Presidency next year, be would be
opposed BY the entire poser Of the ad.
ministrat.on. Though be would prob
ably secure q majority Of the Nav York
delegation and might prevent the noni-
nation Of Cleveland, be could scarcely
hope te be nominated himself, and the
result Of the fight between the New
York leaders would be to throw the
nomination to Carlisle or some other
western man. Ga the other hand, an
arrangement of great advantage to both
Cleveland and HILL might be, and prob
ably Gill be, made. BY this Cleveland
Woaid be given the solid New York del
ssation next year, and. Of course, would
receive . denomination. Hill would be
Fenominased fer Governor Of New York.
In 1883 Mr.. Cleveland vonld be willing
to step aside, aud the administrators
weald lend iis energies toward securing
the nomination for the PrssideEey for
Governor Hill In othsr wurdsL Hill